silent.html - {n.}, {informal} The large majority of people who, unlike the militants, do not make their political and social views known by marching and demonstrating and who, presumably, can swing an election one way or the other. * /Sidney Miltner is a member of the silent majority./

silent.html - adj.
1 not speaking; not uttering or making or accompanied by any sound.
2 (of a letter) written but not pronounced, e.g. b in doubt.
3 (of a film) without a synchronized soundtrack.
4 (of a person) taciturn; speaking little.
5 saying or recording nothing on some subject (the records are silent on the incident).
6 (of spirits) unflavoured.

silent majority those of moderate opinions who rarely assert them. silent partner US = sleeping partner (see SLEEP ).

silently adv. [L silere silent- be silent]

silent.html - If you say nothing or do not say no to something, it means that you agree. - A proverb. * /Don't be afraid to say, if you don't like something. Silence gives consent./

silent.html - {n.}, {informal} The large majority of people who, unlike the militants, do not make their political and social views known by marching and demonstrating and who, presumably, can swing an election one way or the other. * /Sidney Miltner is a member of the silent majority./

silent.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 absence of sound.
2 abstinence from speech or noise.
3 the avoidance of mentioning a thing, betraying a secret, etc.
4 oblivion; the state of not being mentioned.

--v.

tr. make silent, esp. by coercion or superior argument.

in silence without speech or other sound. reduce (or put) to silence refute in argument. [ME f. OF f. L silentium (as SILENT)]

silent.html - n.
any of various devices for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of a motor vehicle, a gun, etc.